Potentia Energy, a joint venture co-owned by Enel Green Power and INPEX, has secured the first environmental approval for a grid-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) under South Australia’s new Hydrogen and Renewable Energy (HRE) Act.

Several new community batteries have been launched in Victoria and Queensland, Australia, to soak up distributed solar PV.

State-owned utility Western Power has commissioned five new community batteries in Perth suburbs as part of a federally funded initiative in Western Australia.

Two North American companies, Powin and Li-Cycle, were recently acquired by FlexGen and Glencore, respectively, after announcing bankruptcy.

“It’s the most powerful BESS in the world,” Nick Carter of Akaysha Energy, tells ESN Premium after switching on the Waratah Super Battery in New South Wales, Australia.

A 130MWh battery energy storage system owned by the Australian arm of Iberdrola has officially entered AEMO’s Market Management System.

Energy storage developer and system integrator Energy Vault has received approval to pursue market-based participation in the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) with the Calistoga Resiliency Centre (CRC).

Lithium-ion battery storage system integrator Fluence and independent power producer (IPP) Invenergy will be partnering on the 475MW solar and 1,900MWh energy storage Hashknife Solar Energy Centre in Navajo County, Arizona, US.

A total of 5,200MWh of battery energy storage systems (BESS) has been submitted to Australia’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act.

ESN Premium speaks with Sahand Karimi, co-founder and CEO of Australian AI-driven energy management company OptiGrid, on the new FPP reform.